15 Movies Like The Mysterious Magician
Loved The Mysterious Magician? Based on its unique Cinema DNA—including its pacing, themes, and emotional tone—we've curated the ultimate list of what you should watch next.
The Thursday Murder Club
A group of senior sleuths passionate about solving cold cases get plunged into a real-life murder mystery in this comic crime caper.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Mysterious Magician.
Fall for Me
Lilli is suspicious of her sister's new fiance, but when an attractive stranger enters her life, she's suddenly distracted by the thralls of desire.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Mysterious Magician.
Run Lola Run
Lola receives a phone call from her boyfriend Manni. He lost 100,000 DM in a subway train that belongs to a very bad guy. She has 20 minutes to raise this amount and meet Manni. Otherwise, he will rob a store to get the money. Three different alternatives may happen depending on some minor event along Lola's run.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Mysterious Magician.
The Lives of Others
In 1984 East Berlin, dedicated Stasi officer Gerd Wiesler begins spying on a famous playwright and his actress-lover Christa-Maria. Wiesler becomes unexpectedly sympathetic to the couple, and faces conflicting loyalties when his superior takes a liking to Christa-Maria.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Mysterious Magician.
Brick
When a mysterious brick wall encloses their apartment building overnight, Tim and Olivia must unite with their wary neighbors to get out alive.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Mysterious Magician.
The Colony
In the not-too-distant future: after a global catastrophe has wiped out nearly all of humanity on Earth, an elite astronaut from Space Colony Kepler must make a decision that will seal the fate of the people on both planets.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Mysterious Magician.
14 and Under
This episodic film is a close relative of Wolf Hartwig's schoolgirl report movies, made by the same people, in a similar style, around similar topics. However, this one specifically focuses on the coming-of-age aspects, to an extent that it also touches on delicate issues such as paedophilia.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Mysterious Magician.
Exterritorial
When her son vanishes inside a US consulate, ex-special forces soldier Sara does everything in her power to find him — and uncovers a dark conspiracy.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Mysterious Magician.
Funny Games
Two psychotic young men take a mother, father, and son hostage in their vacation cabin and force them to play sadistic "games" with one another for their own amusement.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Mysterious Magician.
The Wave
A school teacher discusses types of government with his class. His students find it too boring to repeatedly go over national socialism and believe that dictatorship cannot be established in modern Germany. He starts an experiment to show how easily the masses can become manipulated.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Mysterious Magician.
Foul Play
A shy San Francisco librarian and a bumbling cop fall in love as they solve a crime involving albinos, dwarves, and the Catholic Church.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Mysterious Magician.
She Said Maybe
When German-raised Mavi learns she belongs to a superrich Turkish dynasty, new family expectations quickly turn her world and love life upside down.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Mysterious Magician.
The Golden Glove
A serial killer strikes fear in the hearts of residents of Hamburg during the early 1970s.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Mysterious Magician.
Angst
A killer is released from prison and breaks into a remote home to kill a woman, her handicapped son and her pretty daughter.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Mysterious Magician.
Horst Schlämmer sucht das Glück
Horst Schlämmer is back—and he's fed up. People all over Germany are in a bad mood. So he leaves Grevenbroich and sets off in search of happiness. It must be somewhere!
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Mysterious Magician.